Ooh La La Bridal Shower

Last week the day finally came and I had the opportunity to throw a bridal shower for my Best Girl Friend Kelly! She will be getting married in May, but school gets out at the end of the week and she will be going back to Arizona to finish the planning and see her fiance.  

The theme was Ooh La La a little classy and a little risque.  

I had a blast putting this together.  With the help of her roommates we were able to make her smile and make her blush for a very memorable party!

these are a few of the printables I designed for the shower.

French Macarons with a chocolate Ganache.

Strawberry cream pie shots

I got Lingerie from the thrift store to help spice things up a little. 

I wanted it to look like the close line from the invite and I think it turned out very cute!

Kelly's favorite food of all time is pretzels ( I just realized it is spelled wrong... go figure) so I made homemade pretzels and they were delicious!

For recipes and where I got a lot of the products go here.

It was you can tell it was a bridal shower. 

She was BRIGHT red by the end of it!! 

Congrats Miss (soon to be Mrs.) Kelly!

Party on!!

Macarons

I made Macarons with a Chocolate Ganache for the bridal shower last weekend! They turned out great! More pictures and info to come!

Bridal Shower Inspiration boards

The bridal shower is fast approaching.  I want to make this party extra special for my best friend.  I have spent many hours researching the best food to serve at the party. 

When planning a party it is extra important to chose the time of the party with caution.  The food you want to serve and the amount of food you will need to provide depends a great deal with the party time.   If you throw a party between 11 and 1 pm or 5 and 6 pm your party guests will most likely come hungry and expect a full meal or eat quite a bit.  Remember to budget for that and plan for hungry guests.  A party between 1 and 4 pm or 7 pm and later you will only need to have finger foods.  My worst fear as a party planner is to run out of food.  Plan your food wisely and DO NOT RUN OUT!

We are doing this bridal shower at 3pm on a Saturday.  This is a good time to plan a bridal shower because you don't have to serve a lot of food and most people won't have other plans or can at least stop by for a short time.  

One of my friend's favorite snack are mall pretzels.  I felt it was necessary to have pretzels at her party.  I have never made them before, how hard can it be? Last year I bought a ton of shot glasses for her birthday party and thought it would be fun to have mini shot glass desserts.  As for the cupcakes, what is a party without cupcakes, especially chocolate ones?  You can't get a bunch of girls together without chocolate!

Here are all the recipes I will be using for the food:

Shot glasses

Macarons

Fruit

Pretzles

Veggies 

Mini Cupcakes

Lemonade 

As for the decorations, it is harder to find decorations that are cheap, but look nice and will make a plain room look like a party.  It is amazing how the simplest party decorations like tissue paper, streamers and balloons can look really nice if you do it right.  I am excited to see how a touch of playfulness and elegance put together can make a simple party look really great.

I am also really excited to use the polka dot straws and the mason jars to use for the drinks.

Its going to be the cutest little bridal shower in the whole town!

Cups

Banner

Tissue Pom Poms

Daisies 

Platter 

Table cloth 

Streamers 

Plates 

Straws

I hope she likes it and the party turns out just as she dreams.  I want it to be perfect with her!

Party On!

Bridal Shower- invite

My best friend from high school is getting married in May! I am super excited for her.  She is the last of my best friends to get married and now it is time for us to all start having babies!!

Obviously because she is my best friend and we just happen to live in the same area I am throwing her a little "bridal shower".  This won't be your typical bridal shower, no this will be what we like to call it a... lets get her ready for her wedding night shower... hehe (winky face).  Yes, it will be a little scandalous, a little embarrassing for her and lots of fun!

I have not worked out all of the details yet, but I am excited to show off what I have done for the invitations.  All of the work was done by hand and very similar to one in found online with a few of my own touches.

what do you think?

More to come on the decorations, food and games.  If you have any ideas let me know! 

Party On!